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dreag will be changed at often a requested.
All rght, Mr. Groundhog, you're entitled to
tea days longer.
Ia or out of town makes no difference,
Mayor "Jim" keeps Omaha on the map.
Still, the railroads might meet the cut rate
br Issuing coupons In exchange for merchandise.
However, Senator Gore monopolized the
limelight before and after voting against hlm-aelf.
Looks as If the Ananias club were about to
be reorganised by the schoolmaster of the
White House.
A vote of (8 to 14 lacks only two points of
reversing the Berlin rating of 6 to 1 on sena
torial sentiment.
Three years of democratic administration
are closed. Another year of patient self
restraint, and then the "fare-ye-well."
No amateur like Mayor Mltchel can sit In
At the same table with our Mayor "Jim" and
hope to hold cards that will rake In the pot.
The price of autograph collections for candi
dates' petitions Is said to have been advanced
to three cents a name. The high coat of run
ning for office shows no signs of abatement.
"Made la Omaha" carries the assurance of
good goods from coast to coast, from Manitoba
to the gulf, flight living Is quite Impossible
Anywhere without the joy radiated from
Omaha's food factories.
If It Is lawful and proper to grant water
logged railroads, on pleas of poverty, the priv
ilege of raising rates, It follows that a supple
mentary Injunction should issue compelling
them to take the money.
Who Is he? Why, he Is just the usual sort
of democrat who has never done anything either
to distinguish himself or extinguish himself,
and who looks like a possible life-saver to the
senator and his crowd.
Congressman Sloan has discovered that the
state of Nebraska has never been reimbursed
for the cost of the Sioux Indian- campaign of
1881. Well, If there Is anything coming to us
we want It, but we must confess we had com
pletely forgotten that one.
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Congressional champions of national econ
omy again define the policy as applicable to the
other fellow's pocket or ' district. When it
comes down to personal perquisites the mem
bers stand J to 1 for the mileage grab. Small
things fairly measure greatness.
One of the smoothest confidence men ac
climated in Florida has been apprehended by
federal officers and relieved of 20,000 $1,000
bills. His system proved a greater lure than
the famous Everglades game and drew big bills
of easy money for the asking. So long as fake
horseractng and stall wrestling matches land
moneyed suckers In the middle went, there is
no warrant for tossing a rock at Florida's glass
house.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
' Compile from B rilae.
William A. 1'ax ton and John A. MrShane have la
turned from Chicago, where they rro negotiating for
tha erection of two more packing houses at Kouth
Omaha. Tha two new concern will have a rapacity
of from SuO to 7W hoes per day and mill operate on
contract.
Mr. and Mra Clark Woodman gave a brilliant re
trptlon at their residence on laard atreet
Uc . . . .
mmm Aim jiunuuri save a aeieci eutbre party at
her residence on founders street The sural weie
Mias Kins'. Wilson and llurlburt. and Uc-ar. MIDI
'S a. McCulloch, Radullffe and llran.
Mr, A. Johnaon of Carbon, Wyoming teriltory, ;
v lulling with hr parent, Mr. and Mr. C. Olcson
.111 North Tenth.
Mr. and Mra. 8. A. McWhortcr have returned fn m
Hot Spring. Ark., wheia they have been spending the
last few wteka.
Sir Alex Slawait and tarty passed through Omaha
on tha way from Ban Freud-no to New York, where
they sail lor Europe.
Miaa Dell Dohaney of Council Hlir the guet
of MUa O Hellly.
V. P. Fcadyk ha bought a at k of good a,nd la
now I.M.tei at lliadrou In lb. general men uand'eo
LuFinta.
Friendg of Senator Cummins do not like to
haie ex-Senator Uurkett "butting In" over in
Iowa with his vice presidential boomlet. As
suming that the feeling of exclusive ownership
of his own state is mutual, perhaps the Ne
braska man might consent to withdraw from
Iowa in consideration of the Iowa man with
drawing from Nebraska.
Suspended, Not Settled. j
While the senate h-ts voted by sixty-eight to j
f( intern to lay on the table the Gore sod all j
(.imilar resolutions and amendments, it has not j
l Psl of the question on Its merits. The
vte will be hailed by the administration sup
poiters ss a Rreat victory for the president, but
I hsa only served to ruspend, and not to settle,
the controversy.
It Is too had that the request of Mr. Wilson,
that a square test vote ho taken, could not be
carried out. In the list of those voting aye on
the motion to table the Gore resolution will be
found the names of many who have voiced their
opposition to the president's policy, among them
Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, who said on the floor he did not
agree with the president. Rome who voted
"no" did It because of devotion to "senatorial
courtesy," which forbids thus shutting off de
bate on a resolution, and others because hungry
for patronage which has been hung up.
Temporsrlly, the action will afford relief to
the White House, but the disturbance in the
lower house has not yet been quelled entirely,
and the president's letter to Mr. Pott may pro
duce a result there the senate could not attain.
The failure of the democrats to fearlessly face
a situation created by themselves will hardly
astonish anyone who has closely watched the
course of the party. Instead of disposing of
the issue, these trimmers are left where they
csn carry on their fire In the rear tactics,
always hiding their duplicity behind a pretense
of patriotism.
The dodge Is not calculated to Impress for
eign powers with any undue sense of the rigid
ity of the support that congress is willing to
give to the president. Mr. Wilson may proceed
with his negotiations, assured that at the most
embarrassing time he will again have to reckon
with the congress.
Wheat Price And the Visible Supply.
The steady slipping down of the option price
of wheat la simply an eloquent evidence of the
operation of the law of supply and demand
against the efforts of the speculator. The
break In futures Is due to natural causes. Re
ports show that the visible supply of wheat in
the United States is the greatest In history,
that stocks In farmers' hands are larger than
ever and that the world's supply Is at top mark.
Last year a bumper crop of wheat was raised,
rot only In the United States, but ail over the
world. The International Agricultural bureau
at Rome reports the yield for 1915 as being 135
per cent of that for 1914. Recent Information
from England is to the effect that the British
government has lately purchased wheat to the
value of $82,000,000 In Argentina, Australia
and elsewhere outside of the United States, the
largest single purchase of wheat over recorded.
All visible farts seem to be combined agalnat
the speculator who has sought to maintain the
Inflated price of wheat.
Building Up a New Army.
The house committee on military affairs Is
reported to have its new army bill ready to sub
mit for final action, having made some' exten
sive modifications since its plan was outlined
several days ago. Now the total of the first
line defense army Is placed at 700,000, about
half the numbee estimated as needed in the
War college's outline of a proper military pol
icy. This, however, Is an increase over the
original plan of the committee, which would
have provided 425,000 men for t" e first call.
The National Ouard on Its new footing is in
cluded in the estimate, together with 100,000
men to be supplied through summer training
camps, and 147,000 men in the regular army.
The maximum for the National Guard is now
fixed at 425,000, to be attained within five
years.
The feature of the measure that will most
commend Itself to the students of the military
problem will be the Increase in the regular
establishment. While an army of 147,000 is
not especially formidable in these days. It will
provide a solid nucleus on which to form the
great force that will be needed for defense,
should occasion arise. If kept recruited to its
possible strength, ' Instead of being maintained
in skeleton form. It will provide trained soldiers
for the reserve army at a rate now impossible.
Recruiting the National Guard to Ha strength
of 425.000 within five years presents a more
doubtful aspect tfcan does the maintenance of
the "regular" army.
The uses of the summer camp as a source of
supply of men trained in military practice and
methods may be questioned. A few weeks
spent in camp, performing some of the routine
of a Bonder's life and listening to lectures on
the theory of arms contributes very little train
ing of value. Fads of any kind have no place
In the army. However, the question of national
defense Is slowly working to a solution.
Auto Owners Are Loyal.
Nebraska automobile owners have quietly es
tablished another record, one quite as creditable
as any of the achlevementa in more spectacu
lar ways. Out of a total of 59,000 registered
for 1915, the secretary of ktate reports more
than 52,000 have taken out license for 1916.
This shows that the automobile owners ap
preciate the several advantages of the registra
tion law, and are willing to comply with Its re
quirements. Most of the money collected for
the license fee goes Into the road fund, which
means a direct benefit to all who use the public
highways. Roads improved for pleasure uses
are also available for business, and the auto Is
thus doing a considerable service for every
body. Prompt registration of machines secures
for the owner protection of the law in other
ways that are worth while, and the record now
made shows the great majority of autolsts arc
responsible and at all times loyal to public interests.
Crimes Against Eyesight
The Knickerbocker atmosphere of New York
and the Quaker traditions of Phfadelphta are
clearly outclassed by the aristocracy of heredi
tary BoBtonlans, whh-h rings the Hub with loops
oi blue blood. Having been weighed on the
scales of the Sacred Cod leaves no room for
challenge or cavil
, Literary Xlgt.
TUB uae for agea of feeble illuminanta like randlf
or oil encouraged an error that even the etrongf.
ga and carbon-filament have been unable to
dislodge from our mlnda the belief that one must aee
the lighl-aurc In order to get the full effect of tho
light. Aa a matter of fact, a lslhle, naked light
dailies the ere and make seeing more difficult, but
with a feeble aource Ilka a candl thi effect I
light. It Increaaes aa stronger and stronger source
ar used until we have, tho powerful tungaten lamt,
where full eaposure of the filament Is a crime against
the eyesight. Ko we are learning that after all It la
tha light not the lamp that we are after, and that
tha former may be more effective If we arrecn tho
latter from the eye. Says an editorial In The Eltc
trlcal World;
'The facility with which our earlier 'electric lamp
could be placed In all aorta of positions encouraged
thetr use for decorative effects not before possible.
However, the are-lamp, and even the carbon-filament
of the old days, were considerably brighter than
any artificial lllumlnant to W'hlch we were before ac
customed, and It gradually began to ba evident that
urh promlsmou use of tha new lamp without any
mean of diffusion or softening the light wa In
many caar had both artiatlcaJly and hygienically,
and wa (ometlmea a positive, Interference wilh
clear vision. Gradually the resultant glare began to
be considered garish and Incompatible with real re
finement In lightng. to say nothing of It hygienic
aspect. On top of thl came tha Improvement In the
efficiency of the Incandescent lamp, which rapidly
Increased Ita brightness or Intrinsic brilliancy so as
to make the need of shading or diffusion still more
imperative for comfortable use. Rclentifla men de
vised methods of measurement and began to acqulra
much more definite knowledge of tha bad effects of
glare.
"All these factors have worked together to en
courage and increase the use of Indirect and aeml
dlrect lighting and other methods by which the
brightness of tha original aource of light Is diffused
or reduced before exposure to tha eye. Each increase
In the brightness of the Incandescent lamp brought
about by Increase In efficiency has ma do it mora
necessary to diffuse that brightness and at the same
time ha mad It more practical to do so. Tha gain
In lamp efficiency baa more than offset the losses
necessary with Indirect and eml-dlrect lighting for In
terior at all adapted to auch systems. A given working-plane
Illumination can now be obtained In a typi
cal modern office area, for example, for less energy
than was required twenty years ago with a carbon,
filament lamp Installation very much worse from tha
standpoint of glare. Bealdea this, tha rate for eleo
tilcal eneregy have declined."
Thla being the case, what I the proper coure, the
writer asks, for the central station company, tha
contractor, and the manufacturer of lighting equip
ment? Obviously, he replica. It la to push for the beat
In lighting rather than for the cheap, garish effect.
He goes on: "Specifically, at the present time this
means for Interior work, In much occupied rooms,
wherever feasible, the adoption of seml-dlrect light
Ing with very dense bowls, or Indirect lighting, and
for exteriors the use of concealed flood lights In
place of the old outlining Idea. Kven the electric slcn
with exposed lamps la susceptible to diffusive treat
ment, which makes It more comfortably legible, and
hence more effective. In such cases the adoption of
these Ideas usually means greater first coat and mora
electrical energy used for lighting than in the rasa
of a cheap makeshift, but these are Justified by the
better result to consumer and public; It Is, of
course, true that there are still many consumers Who
Insist upon glaring methods of Illumination and will
have nothing else, but tha combined efforts of all
who sell Illumination, If exerted In the right direc
tion, are powerful."
Twice Told Tales
A Good Knows Solntloa.
Tha kindly aqulre waa giving a little treat to the
village school children. After tea he, stepped on tha
platform and announced, with a beaming smile:
"Now I am going to perform certain actions, and
you must gueaa what proverb they represent. Tha boy
or girl who succeed a first will recelvs a quarter."
That did It. Instantly every eye was fixed upon
him.
First of all, the old gentleman lay down on 'he
platform. Then one man came forward and tried in
vain to lift him. Two others came to hia aid, and be
tween them they raised the squire, who was rather
portly.
The actiona were meant to represent tha motto,
"Union la Strength." When they had finished the
aqulre atepped forward and asked If any child had
solved the punle.
At once a grubby hand ahot up and an eager voice
squeaked:
"Let aleeplng dogs He." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Waal H Wowld Do.
As tha subject of their weekly esaay, the school
master aaked hla puplla to say what they would do If
they had U.WO.ttiO.
At once all hcada were bent, aavs one, and pens
scratched busily. The one exception waa little Willi
He calmly aat doing nothing, twiddling hla fingers and
watehlng tha fllea on tha celling.
At tha and of the time the teacher collected the pa
pers and Willie handed over a blank ahoet.
'How'a thla. Willie?" aaked the teacher. "Is this
your easay? Why, all the othera have written at least
two aheeta. while you do nothing!"
"Well." replied Willie, "that's what I would do if I
were a millionaire!'' Philadelphia liedger.
Ve4 the Whole Trwih.
Percy, a Long Island youngster, always regarded
by hi doting relatives aa clever, outdid himself when
a rough looking hobo Invaded the yard one afternoon
and aaked where tha father kept hla money.
It's In his veat In ths kitchen," said Percy. '
A few minutes later the hobo came through the
kitchen doorway In a hurry, much battered and torn.
"Smart kid!" he muttered. "Never said a worl
about the old man being Inside the vest!" New York
Time.
People and Events
Women at Palm Beach found a sign, "Votes f ir
women," hanging on tha tepee of a Seminole chief.
An Indian is as anxtoua aa a paleface for the safety
of his acalp.
A Minneapolis doctor rallies to the defense of short
skirts, pronouncing them tha greatest sanitary product
that ever came out of fashion mllla. The fact that tha
doctor la a bachelor haa nothing to da with the caae.
1 Highbrow atudenta of Harvard have launched a
movement to exclude lowbrow songs from college halls
and grounda. Tha aire ar not particularly objec
tionable but tha words lack class snd will be re
vtaed upward.
Andrew J. Wrick of Fern Ridge, Pa., reached the
century mark on February 29 with only twenty-four
Mrthdays to his credit. Ha la cutting two wisdom
teeth and haa a few twlngea of rheumaUam. Other,
wise ha la all right.
A New York woman roughing It in Georgia waa
saved from a rattler'a bite by a thick boot. "Mm.
Kv mourned her anake experience," ar.ya a report
of tho incident, "but ha never had the luck to go
hunting la a prohibition state."
Car IT of the Huntington. W. Vs.. street railway
la doomed for the junk pile, u has a record of one
shooting and three mules and on horae crippled t i
death. Since tha latter event the sight of a mul
caused tha car to Jump the track. The company con
cluded tt waa cheaper to ditch tha hoodoo than artoo
mules off the roidway.
Thla Oae Worth Repeating.
OMAHA. March S.-To the Kdltor of
The Ree: This splendid editorial ought
in appear ausln In your paper:
hen the Kock Island puta in its .1
oent rate. It will be careful not to in
clude tliH business between competitive
points, for if it should. It would not sell
any tickets between those stsllons. The
rond will only bump the towns that can't
escape Its exactions.
Why not patronize railroads that seem
to be satisfied with their present freight
and passenger rales? If that was done,
the federal courts might continue to In
crease the rstes in favor of those dis
satisfied roads. C. M. R.
fretaleare of Vlee.
OMAHA. March 3 To the Kdltor of
The Pee: Everything that is being
brought to light by the vice commia
alon In Minneapolis can be redlcov
ered In Omaha and most other citlea
If tho people will only take a look and
go beyond their trivial crusades against
pitting, drinking and the like. Minne
apolis Is simply waking up.
I have no criticism to offer concern
ing the above mentioned local crusades
except that they don't go far enough, as
where one man is ruined by drink or
another contracts disease through pro
miscuous spitting, a hundred young girls
ara being ruined through their necessi
ties and because of the present laxity of
social Intercourse.
(liven a young girl w,ith pretty face
and figure; a liking for pretty things:
an earning capacity of 14 or a week;
unrestrained liberty of action, day or
night; unlimited opportunity of associa
tion; free access "and entertainment at
place of amusement, aulomoblle Joy
rides, chop suoy parlor, queatlonahle
hotel and apartments, and even assig
nation houses. What can you expect?
A prominent physician recently told
me in confidence that he was treating
more than 100 young glrla for venereal
disease. If one doctor Is handling that
many, what about the whole city?
A bright-appearing girl who recently
applied to me for work said that she
was "forelady" In another factory here
aDd getting 15 a week. Where forewomen
get only to God help the rest. No won
der some houses can pay big dividend
and yet sell goods cheap.
There Is a world of opportunity here
for the club women and men of Omaha,
and especially for tha fathers and
mothers who think that their sons and
daughters could do no wrong.
H. Q.. AN OMAHA MANUFACTURER.
Seartet Itfr,
OMAHA. March 3. To the Kdltor of
the Roe: I wish to present a few Ideas
on the scarlet fever situation and sug
gest something that may have a very
important bearing on the controlling epi
demic. The fever la not spread by some vola
tile aulwtance that la carried In the air.
The thing is done by actual contact, or
by dlseared person being In contact with
a certain object, leaving It contaminated,
and the other person coming In contact
with thl contaminated object . afterward,
while the seed of the disease I still alive
and active. In dark places thla activity
will last for year. In sunlight It dies
very quickly.
.The diseased child rides on the atreet
Car, alts In a movie or a church, he wipes
hi nose or mouth with hla hands and he
smeara the poison of disease on tha sur
rounding object. A healthy child comes
along, gets tha poison on his hand, car
ries It to his mouth and contracts the
disease.
There Is one other way In which the
virus may he transmitted, that Is by the
diseased child coughing or sneeslng di
rectly In the face of another child. This
Is, of course, very rarely an active cause
of the disease.
In the esse of milk transmitting the
disease, the milk Is contaminated, or the
m'lk containers are contaminated, by
dirty hands, so the main question la a
question of contaminated hands.
Tha hand being the carriers, they
should be covered In alt case where the
child m'ngles with other children or
goes Into movies or churches, etc., where
other children go. The mother who
wishes to protect her children from scar
let fever or other contagious (so called)
diseases will provide .the youngsters with
severs! pairs of white cotton glove and
have them wear them whenever there I
a possibility they may became exposed
tin dancing school, church, theater, etc.)
The glove does not taste good so they
will not put their gloved finger In their
mouth. The glove being white soon
show the dirt and aa aoon as It shows
dirt It should be changed.
The condition of our schools in tha
paat, without any form of medical inspec
tion, haa been a disgrace to a civilised
rommunlty, but the dumping of garbage
In different places In the heart of the
city and many other thinga that we do
and permit to ba done are also disgrace
ful and Inconsistent with good sense and
good morals. The explanation of this ia
that w are not a civilized people, that
wa ara really Just emerging from sav
agery and many filthy and unreasonable
conditions are still with us. Inherited
from the dark ages.
Medical Inspection of schools will come
before long and will be a step in the right
direction. The time will also come when
Omaha will be as clean a city as Berlin.
Farmers ara beginning to resliie that
If pJra are kept under dirty and unsani
tary conditions they get cholera and oth
er diaeases. It ua hope thai the same
principle will be appreciated soon by the
whole people In dealing with children.
D. T. QUIOLET. M. D.
Tips on Home Topics
Editorial Snapshots
Hoston Transcript: It Is understood
thst on all tha western reservations now
the Indian wards are referring to their
guardian at Washington as the Great
White Feather.
Washington Post: Contemplating the
statement that when the democratic party
Is sane it never fslls to carry the coun
try, tha casual reader becomes perplexed
as to whether this Is a boost or a knock,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The hero gRl
lantly advancing on the enemy with
sword In hand, has been pushed aside.
They now advance with a gas bomb In
one hand and hand grenade in the other.
Detroit Free Press: "The wages of sin
Is publicity," says James Melvln Lee,
director of the department of Journalism
of New York university. And unfortu
nately, too msny are willing to work for
the pay.
Baltimore American: Coeds In a
western university have been ordered
not to spoon. When the wise men of
the university have succeeded In enforc
nig this order, they should next stsrt
out to forbid ducks from swimming.
Phlladclphln Record: Any small gun,
such a a machine gun or a one-pounder,
would be heavy inounh to sink a sub
marine, according to the testimony given
by Admiral Wlnslow. Whether a mer
chantman equipped with such a tun
should be considered an armed vessel,
the witness declined to say, that being
a question of International law and not a
naval question. The sailor to his ship
and the shoe mnker to his lsst.
, Washington Post: The United Slate
navy la short 18,(100 men. The ships and
guns are useless unless they are handled
by trained men. A year's training at
least Is neceaary to transform a lands
man Into a competent seaman. There are
training stations already established In
which men could be given preliminary
training, and by shortening the term of
instruction tho men could be hurried to
the ships and Instructed at sea, Thu
ship now Idle. would be made available
for Instant service, and gun crews could
be formed with some assurance that they
would remain together and Improve In
teamwork.
JUST FOR FUN.
"My wife gsve a teceptlon yesterday."
"Did you attend?"
"Yes, I played a practical Joke on her.
I got In line when she was receiving
and before she knew it she was smiling
and sayin? she wa glad to see me."
MIsourl Mhile.
"How quickly some of those immi
grants assimilate our ideas and
methods."
"As for Instance?"
"Well, T asked mv Italian barber If
he was going home to flitht and he sa'd
ha wasn t. that he had paired with an
Austiinn In the next block." Boston
Transcript.
Wlilspeiwprofessor. someone Is using
a crib In your class.
Trof Sh-h-h. How do you know?
Whisper I looked for it In tho library
and It was gone. Punch Bowl.
tiMINlOfB WITH A NICE
AMD X ALVS
TAkE RltES OH HtS CAR-AM
I TXm RK5HT?
Yes-Pur ifke is nwra
AUXWEDTD TAlKIt) HIM!
W rtt
Hardluck Horace I'm awful hungry,
mum. Would you mind If I ate a little
snow off your front nlasxa?
The Woman Not if you will shovel off
the rest of it to pay for what you eat.
Boston Transcript.
.Tohnnle I wish I was Tommy Jones.
Mother Why? You are stronger than
he is and you have a better home, more
toys, and more pocket money.
Johnnie Yes. I know; but he can wig
glo h;s ear. Christian Advocate.
"Do you suppose the amateur ma
gician In the party had anything to do
with the accident?'"
"What accident?"
"When the car turned turtle." Balti
more American.
"Do you think that women ought to
govern ?"
"Oh. yea," replied Miss Cayenne. "But
I don't know whether it would always
be wise to call public attention to tha
Philadelphia Ledger: Mr Bryan com
plaina that the president ia being "ap
plauded by the grand atandera" with tho
proud and virtuous consciousness of one
who haa always spurned every tribute of
this sort.
Brooklyn Kagle: Is It not remarkable
how Bcranton got all those anthracite
millionaires when thetr profit Is only a
rents on a ton of coal that retails for
IT. a? And the poor coal-carrying rail
roads! Bfora our &00.000 aquara mile of
anthracite are dug the poverty of Scran
ton will be deplorable. I It not time
now to paaa tha hat?
Hprlngfield Republican: The reported
willingness of the lanes to sell us the
three West Indian Island suggests the
interesting possibility that France and
K rig land might, after tha war. be will
ing to place one of .. elr Windward
Island on the market to help defray the
cost of tha world conflict. I"roratel
according to the H.OAini Ifnmark wants
for hers the whole group of rreiuh ami
British colonies might even up for about
two days' war expense.
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